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Just by browsing the board a lot, I noticed you really really seem to be upset that paladins are pigeonholed into healing, and you are upset that paladins don't have a viable option to be a melee class (melee dps/melee support). I fully understand that coming from other MMORPGs one could get a different idea of what paladins would be like, but don't you think that it is a bit late to complain that paladins don't quite fit your vision of a holy warrior?
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What he said:
The retribution tree has a line of core talents that strictly improve a paladin's damage (Conviction, Two-Handed Weapon Specialization, Crusade, Vengeance, and Fanaticism). Much of the rest of the tree leans toward melee support with its boosts to the judgement system and aura talents. While it is clear that paladin's are insufficient in a melee dps/melee support role, it does not take a particularly inspired vision to see the potential within the current class design.
Its not as if Amera wants a 4th tree that is a melee support tree; the tree is already there and mechanics are already in place. They just have not been implemented in a way that makes the spec generally viable at the end-game. Pushing for improvements in this regard is no different than Balance Druids or Enhancement Shaman asking to be viable in 1.11.
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It's never too late for them to make changes. Look at how substantially several classes changed from vanilla WoW to TBC - you now have melee and ranged support shaman, tanking druids, etc. Why is it too much or too late to ask them to just finish the Ret tree and make it a viable melee support path?
And don't get me wrong, I've played a healer since the day the game came out and I wouldn't continue to do so if I didn't like it. That being said, I still feel the class is incomplete, and could be that much better if they worked to improve it. I'm not even positive I'd spec it if it did become viable, I just feel it should be an option, and I bet it would be a very popular one amongst paladins.
04/16/07, 10:40 AM
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